NFL: Meyer laments limitations for wooing free agents

  • Free agency feels a lot like recruiting to new Jaguars coach Urban Meyer. Watching film. Wooing players. Finding the right fits. Given Meyer’s penchant for landing five-star prospects at Florida and Ohio State, Jacksonville could be a popular landing spot for some of the NFL’s top free agents next week. It certainly should help that the Jaguars have more salary cap space (nearly $73 million). (AP FILE PHOTO)
    Free agency feels a lot like recruiting to new Jaguars coach Urban Meyer. Watching film. Wooing players. Finding the right fits. Given Meyer’s penchant for landing five-star prospects at Florida and Ohio State, Jacksonville could be a popular landing spot for some of the NFL’s top free agents next week. It certainly should help that the Jaguars have more salary cap space (nearly $73 million). (AP FILE PHOTO)

    Urban Meyer never got a chance to recruit any free agents to Jacksonville, and he’s not happy about it.

    Because of NFL rules, Meyer had to agree to sign players without meeting them in person — a proce…